Siege of Orléans: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429
Location	France • Orléans
Participants	France • England
Context	Hundred Years’ War

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Timeline

Battle of Sluys

June 24, 1340

Medieval illustration of the Battle of Crecy shows armored soldiers fighting with swords, shields, and bows as mounted knights and banners fill the background.

Battle of Crécy

August 26, 1346

Battle of Neville’s Cross

October 17, 1346

Combat of the Thirty

March 27, 1351

Battle of Poitiers

September 19, 1356

Jacquerie

May 21, 1358 - June 10, 1358

Battle of Agincourt

October 25, 1415

Siege of Rouen

July 31, 1418 - January 19, 1419

Siege of Orléans

October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429

Battle of Formigny

April 15, 1450

Battle of Castillon

July 17, 1453

Key People

Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.

St. Joan of Arc

French heroine

Jean d’Orléans, comte de Dunois

French military commander

Thomas de Montagu, 4th earl of Salisbury

English military officer

John Talbot, 1st earl of Shrewsbury